Tulipa

29 Jul 2009

Five women each bought a different type of flowers, each a different colour, and for different reasons. Can you work out which woman bought which type of flower, what colour they were and why...

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Dutch flowers always in bloom all over the world

30 Apr 2007

When a Dutch resident of Taikoo Shing and his new wife were recently presented with an enormous bouquet of tulips at their wedding, the groom inquired jokingly if they had been flown in from the...

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Stranger than all that fiction

26 Feb 2006

Fiction is not all that is on the menu at the 2006 Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival. This year's event serves up an array of authors who cater to every taste.

9:41AM

Global business in full bloom

30 Apr 2001

The next time you embrace that bouquet of roses, remember, it is likely those flowers came from Africa.

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Ask Mr Brain...all will be explained

3 Mar 1999

Why does my dog pee a little everywhere he goes? Like their wolf relatives, dogs do this to mark out an area as their territory. When other dogs sniff these spots, they know they have to behave in...

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Maniacal consumers not exclusively HK

24 Oct 1998

In light of the recent absurd manias that have swept Hong Kong, many have asked the question: is Hong Kong a psychotic city? There are legitimate grounds for the query.

Since the...

5:40AM

Opinion

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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5:24AM

Seeds of ambition emerge to cultivate flower power as a lucrative cash harvest

Three centuries after tulip mania swept Europe, the mainland is proposing to cultivate flower production into its most lucrative cash crop.

There's plenty of room to grow.

3:31PM

Picture of the Week

When it is spring again - or any season of the year - tulips from Amsterdam always make a special sight.

Even more so here, where there are row upon row of the lovely flowers at a...

10:52PM

'Flower power' grew from tulip

EVER since the first tulip bloomed in Holland 400 years ago, this extraordinary flower has cast a spell of sorts on the national psyche.

7:35PM

Exhibits salute national flower

HOLLAND is in the grip of tulip mania as the country celebrates the 400th anniversary of its famous flower.

Throughout this year, special tulip shows will be held, attracting...

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Cutch treat

Every spring the flat landscape of Holland is transformed as vast fields of tulips blaze into colour. It is a sight that has to be seen, writes YVONNE MICHIE HORN.

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